Empires of knowledge :scientific networks in the early modern world (Record no. 60030)
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| ISBN | 9781138207134 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 501.4 |
| Item number | EMP |
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| Title | Empires of knowledge :scientific networks in the early modern world |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Routledge |
| Year of publication | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvii, 394p. |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps ; |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks – local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular – as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world. It seeks to answer questions about what role these networks played in making knowledge, how information traveled, how it was transformed by travel, and who the brokers of this world were.<br/><br/>Bringing together an international group of historians of science and medicine, this book looks at the changing relationship between knowledge and community in the early modern period through case studies connecting Europe, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Americas. It explores a landscape of understanding (and misunderstanding) nature through examinations of well-known intelligencers such as overseas missions, trading companies, and empires while incorporating more recent scholarship on the many less prominent go-betweens, such as translators and local experts, which made these networks of knowledge vibrant and truly global institutions.<br/><br/>Empires of Knowledge is the perfect introduction to the global history of early modern science and medicine. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Communication in science-History |
| -- | Science--Social aspects |
| -- | Science and civilization |
| -- | Knowledge, Sociology of |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Findlen, Paula,Ed. |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| Damaged status | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 25/11/2020 | 29.99 | 501.4 EMP | 50827 | BK |